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Woah, I didn't even look at the framing. It looks like someone actually cut the ends of everything square and installed them square.

I don't think the, so called, "carpenters" down here even know what a square is.
The $2,000,000 house we did the HVAC in recently looked like it had been framed by a high school construction education class. Fortunatly the PollySteel exterior walls should keep it from actually falling down in a stiff wind.

Back when I was about to frame my woodworking shop, I went and walked through some new houses going up nearby to get a bearing on things. Well, I learned more on how NOT to do things than anything! A neighbor of mine who at the time was a framer by trade came over to help me set the roof rafters after I had all the walls up. We first pulled a diagonal to see how square the entire structure was and found it a quarter inch off.

Me, having not been exposed to the realities of blow and go tract house framing, fretted if a quarter inch off was bad.

He looked at me, his eyes narrowing, and said, "Are you kidding? I've gone back on houses that were framed FIVE INCHES out of square!"

I just stood there in disbelief, before that really cool feeling from hearing someone else confirm and praise your work set in.

To the owner of this house: beauty is far more than skin deep. If your house has good bones, it will show ten times more in the finish. Straight, crisp walls and ceilings, cabinets that sit flush, door frames that aren't out of whack, etc. Looks like where you are there's still some guys that know true carpentry!

So far so good. Someone is doing the right thing. If that unit is going to be used during construction have extra filters installed at returns and in the cabinet. Check these yourself. Have been on to many calls after job is compleated where coli is plugged with dust paper paint etc. Good luck with your new home.

have the contractor install an E-Z trap. this has a removable float switch which will shut down the system in the event of a clog. they also have a clear trap and a brush so any debris that settles in the trap can be seen and removed.

another safety device is a float switch for the emergency drain pan, wired in series with the e-z-trap.

as for the trap in the emergency pan drain, i've never heard of that and am curious to see its purpose.

billva

Originally posted by billva have the contractor install an E-Z trap. this has a removable float switch which will shut down the system in the event of a clog. they also have a clear trap and a brush so any debris that settles in the trap can be seen and removed.

another safety device is a float switch for the emergency drain pan, wired in series with the e-z-trap.

as for the trap in the emergency pan drain, i've never heard of that and am curious to see its purpose.

good luck, looks good.

The trap is not installed on the emergency pan. I'm sorry I did not make that statement clear.

The trap would be installed on the secondary drain from the evaporator coil pan.

The purpose is to prevent the unit from filling with water in the event of a primary drain clog. Priming the trap with a nonevaporating liquid keeps the air-handler from sucking hot humid air from the attic space. Also a trap should be used on the secondary also because both the primary and secondary drains are under negative pressure.

Water alone in the trap will evaporate quickly. Anti-freeze, transmission fluid, or any light weight oil can be used to prime the secondary trap.

Thanks for all the opinions guys. I will stop by the jobsite today and see if is around.I asked him yesturday about the sizing and he went to his truck and pulled out some paper work with my Lot # on it. It doesn't mean much to me but he says it is sized according to the biggest load which is air conditioning.
I also asked him about leak testing the system. He tells me that all the joints are sealed. If I want to leak test it I am more then welcome to pay for someone to come in and do it.
Is it customary for the installing contractor to leak test his ducts on new construction?
It seems some here think he did a good job and others don't.
This can get very confusing.
The general contractor and his subs do seem to have a good reputation around here.
Thanks to all that have replied.